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The View from the Back of the Band [electronic resource] : The Life and Music of Mel Lewis / by Chris Smith.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Smith, Chris, 1981- author.
- Series:
- North Texas lives of musicians series ; no. 10.
- Number 10 in the North Texas lives of musicians series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jazz musicians--United States--Biography.
- Jazz musicians.
- Drummers (Musicians)--United States--Biography.
- Drummers (Musicians).
- Lewis, Mel, 1929-1990.
- Lewis, Mel.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (412 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Denton, Texas : University of North Texas Press, [2014]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Mel Lewis (1929-1990) was born Melvin Sokoloff to Jewish Russian immigrants in Buffalo, New York. He first picked up his father's drumsticks at the age of two and at 17 he was a full-time professional musician. The View from the Back of the Band is the first biography of this legendary jazz drummer. For over fifty years, Lewis provided the blueprint for how a drummer could subtly support any musical situation.
- Contents:
- Foreword: 'Uncle Mel' by John Mosca
- Preface
- Born a drummer
- Mel meets New York City
- Brookmeyer and Kenton's initial offer
- Kenton presents Mel Lewis
- Contemporary concepts and Thad Jones
- Life in Los Angeles
- Terry Gibbs and 'The tailor'
- Webster and Mulligan
- Mel's new cymbal and Europe with Dizzy
- The Soviet Union and a move East
- Back in the Big Apple
- Thad and Mel get their opening
- Opening night at the Village Vanguard
- The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra and Solid State
- Thad and Mel hit the road, and the road hits back
- The youth movement
- Ten years at the Village Vanguard / The road family
- Thad leaves for Denmark
- Mel Lewis and the Jazz Orchestra
- The musical mentor
- Twenty years at the Vanguard / A new fight
- Hello and goodbye
- Memories of Mel
- Afterword: 'Mel's example' by John Riley
- Transcriptions and listening guides
- Mel Lewis equipment timeline
- Selected discography
- Notes.
- Notes:
- Based on: Thesis (D.A.)--University of Northern Colorado, 2012.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Edition:
- Based on: Smith, Chris, 1981- 2012
- ISBN:
- 1-57441-587-5
- OCLC:
- 894102082
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